Who else can go to the vet and come home with a dozen blog posts?
The vet told me to call about 3:30. Apparently he tells everyone throughout the entire day to call at 3:30 and then they tell us all to come get our pets.
There must have been 6 people waiting to get their dogs. One lady, wearing boots was standing next to us waiting for her dog. Another lady was sitting across the room and it’s not a small room.
Sitting Lady: Are those Chippewa boots?
Standing Lady: Yes! I live in the country and we have so many snakes, I just wear them every day.
Sitting Lady: We’ve had two rattle snakes on our porch this week.
Standing Lady: We had a copperhead in our house last week.
Sitting Lady: And the scorpions! I had one “THIS” big in my dining room over the weekend.
Standing Lady: We have them falling out of our light fixtures.
I was standing with my back to them, facing Vince. I think four times, I said “We’re moving . . tomorrow!”
It was funny hearing them talking. I wanted to say “STOP! You’re scaring me!” But I had on flip flops, Vine had on shorts and flip flops. They probably thought we were city folks. Nope – we’re the crazy ones who are probably going to get snake bit.
It wasn’t like I was eavesdropping – they were just talking and everyone could hear. It’s really funny sometimes to listen to the conversations of others.
Sara Fridley says
Yikes! I’m a chicken and couldn’t deal with rattle snakes and scorpions. We had a small harmless snake in the previous house just ONCE – in my daughter’s basement bedroom. I said we are moving immediately!! But then we found the very obvious place it got in and were able to remove the snake and fix the problem. The sump pump hose went out through a small opening in a board placed in a basement window (we were too lazy and cheap to do it right) and that board had fallen out of the window. Fixed – But I was nervous for a long time about finding more snakes.
Judy Laquidara says
In your daughter’s bedroom?? Yes, my first inclination is always to move but every place generally has some kind of an issue. Of course, that doesn’t mean that forever, I’d be watching for another snake, even after fixing the issue.
Dottie says
I can feel my heart racing just reading those comments!
Barbara says
Copperhead in the house? I.just.can’t.
Rebecca in SoCal says
Scorpion falling from the lights? EEK!
Eavesdropping is one of the pleasures of eating out. Guess it’ll be harder while social distancing is still in place.
Nelle Coursey says
We always wore flip flops when I was a kid. My brother was coming back from the barn from tending the animals. It was about dusk and a copperhead bit him on the foot! We lived about 13 miles from town and about 15 miles from the hospital! By the time my mom got him there his foot was so swollen he could not wear shoes for weeks, he had to wear the flipflops!! Talk about pain! He was in a lot of pain, but they got him there in time to get most of the venom out.
Susan Nixon says
Sounds like a bit of one-upmanship to me. =) YOUR house doesn’t have scorpions falling out of the light fixtures, and you go hunting them. You could buy those boots, too, but really, how many times a year do you see a rattlesnake. They are pretty shy and you’d have to practically walk on them and surprise them. Make plenty of noise when approaching someplace you think there might be one. Keep a snakebite kit or three on hand. You know you love your place! You can find snakes and scorpions anywhere in the southwest. There are other kinds in Missouri and Arkansas. You grew up in Louisiana. You know what’s there!